PM Orbán urged voters to participate in latest National Consultation concerning possible removal of coronavirus-related restrictions and reopening Hungary.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in a radio interview on Friday, encouraged Hungarians to get themselves inoculated against the coronavirus, warning that the country was on the cusp of a third wave of infections.
With a third wave of the pandemic hitting the country, people should make a rational, rather than an emotional decision on getting vaccinated, as it could even cost them their lives, Orbán told public broadcaster Kossuth Radio.
“I ask everyone to register and go and get themselves inoculated and if possible, accept whichever vaccine they are offered,” the prime minister said.
Over the past 24 hours, another 2,853 people in Hungary caught the coronavirus, reports koronavirus.gov.hu. The Chief Medical Officer announced the beginning of the third wave of the coronavirus in Hungary at today’s coronavirus press conference. 4,021 infected people are currently being treated for the virus in hospitals, among them 332 are on ventilators. 104 […]Continue reading
The opposition parties have accused the government of using the vaccine registration system for “data collection” and called on it to come up with a clear action plan to restart the country “instead of propaganda consultation”.
The Democratic Coalition (DK), Jobbik, LMP, Momentum, MSZP (Socialists) and Párbeszéd parties said in a joint statement on Thursday that the National Consultation survey, seeking the public’s opinion on issues regarding the reopening, is accessible at vakcinainfo.gov.hu, the website also used for vaccine registration.
The government “has made the vaccine registration system part of its election preparation”, the statement said.